Microsoft Presentation

I received an email last night about a presentation by Microsoft that was scheduled for this afternoon at the OGG building. The blurb in the email attachment said,

Microsoft Student Road Show 2010

Join us on our campus visit, where Microsoft will come to town and talk about a number of different student benefits, such as access to free software, discounted Office, career and networking opportunities, and showcasing some cool new technologies.

In true Microsoft style there will also be a heap of giveaways including a retro Microsoft t-shirt for the first 20 attendees!

The representative from Microsoft talked about the upcoming Windows Phone 7

The free t-shirt was the real draw card for me, so I was keen to get there early. As my luck would have it however, I ended up searching for the room for nearly 10 minutes before I realised it was down the end of the hallway. Even then I waited outside the door because I thought a previous lecturer was still in progress, when in actual fact everyone else had already gone in via the door on the other side! As you can probably guess, I wasn’t one of the first 20 attendees so I missed out on the free t-shirt. It was still a pretty interesting talk nonetheless. A guy from Microsoft New Zealand, Ryan Tarak, spoke to us about some of the new technologies Microsoft is developing. He focused on the upcoming Windows Phone 7 and the new tools that will be available to developers once it’s launched. We watched a few KeyNote videos from the Mix10 conference he went to last week in Las Vegas. He wasn’t specific on when the launch is due to reach New Zealand though. You can follow Ryan’s blog on the Microsoft website.

Definitely exciting things to come in the way of cell phones. I can’t wait for Windows Phone 7 to arrive!